dormire
sleep
verb dohr-MEE-reh Less Common
Origin: from Latin dormire
Usage Note
Dormire is a regular -ire verb that does NOT take -isc- (dormo, dormi). The idiom dormire come un ghiro means 'to sleep like a log' (literally 'like a dormouse'), and dormirci su is 'to sleep on it'.
Examples
"I bambini dormono già."
Natural Translation
The children are already asleep.
Literal Translation
The children sleep already.
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